Early 1840's and the West is opening up. Wagon trains are headed to the Oregon Territories and Texas is still an independent republic. Tom Boyd is pushed into a Santa Fe street by the Mexican governor of New Mexico. Boyd slaps the man's face and runs for his life. Agents are sent after Boyd with one order - "Bring him back alive or bring me his ears " Boyd decides Oregon is much safer than New Mexico, until a chance meeting with a young woman changes his destiny...